Additional information

Transfer of a valid residence permit to a new passport

If you have a new passport, you can have your residence permit transferred to the new passport.

In general, the residence permit is inserted as a sticker in your new passport, even when your residence permit was issued as an eAT.

Electronic residence permits can at the moment only be issued in exceptional circumstances.

If you want to travel abroad before the residence permit has been transferred
If no appointments are available at short notice, it is possible to start a trip abroad even without a transfer, if you have your old passport and your residence permit which is still valid. You will be able to return to Germany without any problems, if you take your new passport and the old passport with you.
However, it is recommended that you check the entry and exit conditions of the host country before traveling abroad (e.g. at the consular authority of the host country).

Prerequisites

Transfer in a Bürgeramt

You can generally have the transfer carried out at any Berlin Citizens Registration Office (Bürgeramt), as long as the following requirements are met:

You have the expired passport with a valid residence permit.

Your first name, family name and your date of birth have not changed in your new passport.

The residence permit was issued by the Berlin Foreigners Registration Office.

The old passport has not been expired for more than six months.

You have not resided outside the federal territory for a continuous period longer than six months.

Transfer in the Ausländerbehörde

If one of the above mentioned requirements for making the transfer at the Citizens Registration Office (Bürgeramt) is not met (e.g. old passport is no longer present, the residence permit was not issued by the Berlin Foreigners Registration Office) the Berlin Foreigners Registration Office (Ausländerbehörde) is responsible for the transfer.

Main residence in Berlin

Appointment

Transfers are generally only made at citizens registration offices (Bürgerämter) or in the Foreigners Registration Office (Ausländerbehörde) by appointment only.
At the appointment, you can also be represented by another person, if you give this person a written power of attorney.

Documents required

Your new passport

Your old passport

If your passport has been stolen and you have reported the theft to the police, please bring the passport loss notice provided by the police.

Your residence permit

Electronic residence permit (eAT) or your old passport with the attached residence permit